Captain Action Returns

[samurainoir]

In an all new Comic Book series from Moonstone.

[Captain]

Any word on the plot?

I'm also curious which heros Cap will "turn into"? Obviously cant use most of the characters he formerly swapped into. Maybe the Phantom, as I believe moonstone also publish that character.....who else?

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

Dunno why; but he looks kinda like a badguy. (A WW2 bad guy...) Maybe the severe features?

It's an interesting idea though. I'm always leary of stuff like this, since we usually end up with the same stuff everyone ELSE is doing these days,w ith a classic name slapped on.

Don C.

[The Toyroom]

Well at least he looks like vintage Captain Action instead of that brief comic revival in the early 90s. Not sure if he has to change into other heroes...in DC's CA run in the 60s (6 issues) he had some magic coins that gave him various powers I believe, as opposed to stealing other heroes IDs.

[kingdom warrior]

Awesome!!! Hopefully he won't change into other Heroes and just be himself. Funny How I like the Idea of Captain Action as a toy although I dislike the figure but love the costumes.

I like Moonstone Publishing I collected The Phantom for a bit then stopped I'll be on the lookout for this when It comes out.

[toys2cool]

pretty cool ,that artwork is amazing,just like that with no color

[samurainoir]

Well at least he looks like vintage Captain Action instead of that brief comic revival in the early 90s. Not sure if he has to change into other heroes...in DC's CA run in the 60s (6 issues) he had some magic coins that gave him various powers I believe, as opposed to stealing other heroes IDs.

That is the one that a teenage Jim Shooter and Wally Wood worked on right? I've never read it, but I've heard it's pretty interesting even though he didn't turn into Tarzan, Spiderman, Lone Ranger etc.

Dr Evil was particularly psychedelic.

I had heard that Codename: Danger published in 1985 by Lodestone was originally supposed to be a Captain Action revival (not the Danger covers up Action in the logo).

Creative team...
Rich Buckler (plot); Keith Giffen (plot); Robert Loren Fleming (dialgoue) (Script), Rich Buckler (Pencils), Bob McLeod and Friends (Inks)


Kyle Baker (Pencils)

[The Toyroom]

That is the one that a teenage Jim Shooter and Wally Wood worked on right? I've never read it, but I've heard it's pretty interesting even though he didn't turn into Tarzan, Spiderman, Lone Ranger etc.

Dr Evil was particularly psychedelic.

Gil Kane also worked on this and provided the covers as well as writing and pencilling issues 3-5 (I was mistaken on it being 6 issues, only 5).

The 90s revival I referred to was a one-shot published in 1995 by Karl Art Publications, who I believe now own the rights to CA. It was very "Image-y" in style and didn't look anything like Cap.

[brineb]

I'm excited by it!!! I have my old DC issues and my 90s re-issued Captain Action figures. There is also a re-issue of the old Aurora model coming out from Moebius Models that I have on pre-order. I hope it's successful and we get new figures and costumes!!!

[palitoy]

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